Submitted by AspGuy25 t3_10k4ov8 in askscience
jawshoeaw t1_j5qdu0v wrote
Reply to comment by bikerlegs in Why does hot air cool? by AspGuy25
From the very beginning of the article on Wikipedia:
"Wind chill or windchill (popularly wind chill factor) is the lowering of body temperature due to the passing-flow of lower-temperature air.
It's a non-scientific term with no agreed exact formula and has nothing to do with inanimate objects.
Edit: Of course wind cools things - didn't mean to be nit-picking, I just don't like "windchill" because it's poorly defined. I mean there could be moisture on inanimate objects, that could be removed by dry air and cool further.. but there are good terms for those phenomenon such as evaporative cooling, convective, etc.
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